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NEWS 26 SEP 2019

Transport: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series

As part of our special series exploring the 13 key themes of the Victorian SoE 2018 Report, this week we highlight our chapter on transport and review the Recommendation.The Transport…

NEWS 23 SEP 2019

Climate Change Impacts: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series

To coincide with the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win in New York, we are highlighting our chapter on Climate Change Impacts in the Victorian State of the…

NEWS 16 SEP 2019

International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series

Today is International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and marks 32 years since the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol has led to the phase-out of 99 per cent of ozone-depleting…

NEWS 9 SEP 2019

Keep Victoria Beautiful sustainable Cities Award 2019

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes was delighted to participate in the Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable Cities 2019 Awards Ceremony at Kensington Town…

NEWS 6 SEP 2019

Discussing the UN SDGs at the futureAUS Coworking Summit

Team members for the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Andrew Marshall, Jack Coates-Marnane and Kangmin Moon took part in a workshop on the UN…

NEWS 9 AUG 2019

Experts comment on latest IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land

Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes, along with leading climate experts including ARC Centre for Climate System Science’s Professor Steven Sherwood; CSIRO…

NEWS 19 MAR 2019

Victoria’s environmental report card: Air quality improving but challenges remain for biodiversity

Victoria’s comprehensive report card on the health of Victoria’s natural environment, the State of Environment (SoE) 2018 Report has been released. The report which tells a story of good…

NEWS 19 MAR 2019

Victoria’s energy transition and the decarbonisation of Victoria by 2050

Photo: Hepburn Wind The challenges of decarbonising Victoria’s $400 billion economy and transitioning to net zero emissions by 2050 as the population continues to grow towards 10 million, is one…

NEWS 8 MAR 2019

Women leading reforms in the environmental sector

As part of International Womens Day, the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio addressed the Legislative Assembly in the Victorian Parliament …

NEWS 15 OCT 2018

Keep Victoria Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards in Beechworth

  Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes was a speaker and presenter at the 2018 Keep Victoria Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards in…